Fuel consumption

[throdgrain]

On a lighter note to my other thread, all this travelling has got me looking closely at my fuel consumption.

My bike this morning had completed 105 miles when I filled it up, it cost £12.50.

On the other hand, my car had done 96 miles the other day when I filled it up, for about £35

Got any WORSE fuel consumption that that??

 

[Bodhi]

I got through a tenner in about 25 miles once in the 328i, however this isn't typical - those 25 miles were covered VERY quickly. 96 miles would usually cost me 20 notes for Super Unleaded - strangely about 22 for normal. I'm sure I could do it for a tenner in some depressing little snotbox which sounds like a skeleton wanking in a biscuit tin, but life is too short for that.

 

[throdgrain]

See your tenner in 25 miles is what I'm doing driving reasonably carefully

 

[Wij]

The wife's deisel does about 375 miles off 3/4 tank. About £50 nowadays. Thats 7.5 miles a pound. Not bad. The engine is quite nice really.

Having only 3 doors my St170 isn't getting a lot of use at the minute so I couldn't tell you.

 

[Starman]

ST170 - that explains many things Wij....

 

[Scouse]

I'm doing 166/miles day and its costing me about £28 in my Civic Type-R. Could be worse I guess as I do quite hoon it. But driving like a doddery old fool will only save me a few quid off that...

 

[Gumbo]

My Elise gets upwards of 45mpg when using it for the commute. Not bad for 0-60 in 5.5 secs.

 

[Tom]

I'm thinking of buying an LS400. Not looking forward to the fuel bills if I do

 

[cHodAX]

My Elise gets upwards of 45mpg when using it for the commute. Not bad for 0-60 in 5.5 secs.

It weighs less than Kylie Minogue during Lent though!

 

[Zenith.UK]

My works Ford Focus estate averages 55-60mpg and takes about £22-£24 every 200 miles or so. The tank will go over 600 miles.

Not what the OP asked, but companies are all going for smaller diesel engines and better economy in their cars now.

 

[Bodhi]

That's nice for you Zenith. However this thread is about proper cars with proper engines, can we leave talk of diseasals and family hatchbacks to the tedious folk at What Car?

Anyway I worked out for me that the difference between 30mpg and 40mpg is about a tenner a week, which I can cope with considering how much nicer a petrol is to drive than the diesel equivalent.

I suspect I shall eventually replace the 328i with either a 330i or an M3 depending on finances.

 

[DaGaffer]

Now I've finally handed the keys to my S3 back (drank fuel but that would be a "driving style"-related issue, Your Honour), we're down to the family Focus, a 1.6 petrol...automatic (don't ask, the missus has...issues...with proper gears). The fucking thing guzzles fuel like a Corvette. I filled the tank on Sunday (€75!) and its over a quarter gone and we've only done maybe 90KM (56 miles).

 

[Dark Orb Choir]

my french pos does 45 mpg

206 2.0 HDI 90 remapped to 120

 

[Raven]

Been mostly driving the wife's micra lately as its great for fuel. I have no idea about exactly how many MPG it does but £40 every two weeks.

 

[Wij]

Now I've finally handed the keys to my S3 back (drank fuel but that would be a "driving style"-related issue, Your Honour), we're down to the family Focus, a 1.6 petrol...automatic (don't ask, the missus has...issues...with proper gears). The fucking thing guzzles fuel like a Corvette. I filled the tank on Sunday (€75!) and its over a quarter gone and we've only done maybe 90KM (56 miles).

The new Focus petrols are way better apparently. I drove the old ones a few times. Absolutely NO power (except 2-litre) and very inefficient. Total shit. I can only imagine what an automatic gearbox would do to them

Apparently the new tweaked 1.6 is faster than my ST170 whilst doing 40odd mpg. Bah :/

 

[DaGaffer]

The new Focus petrols are way better apparently. I drove the old ones a few times. Absolutely NO power (except 2-litre) and very inefficient. Total shit. I can only imagine what an automatic gearbox would do to them

Apparently the new tweaked 1.6 is faster than my ST170 whilst doing 40odd mpg. Bah :/

I actually want to get rid; we completely under-estimated the baby/"essential" crap you-must-have-at-all-times ratio when we bought the car. I find myself eyeing people carriers and coveting their sliding doors (and then weeping softly to myself). Estate cars can be cool though. Right? RIGHT????

 

[TdC]

dude, just get an Audi A4 2.0 TFSI (or a quattro if you value the smart 4wd). surely that's enough? it's also my fave car atm.
hot hatches are lame, beemers are for nerds with small cocks, Bodhi, mercs are for fat people. Audi's rock!

 

[Wij]

I actually want to get rid; we completely under-estimated the baby/"essential" crap you-must-have-at-all-times ratio when we bought the car. I find myself eyeing people carriers and coveting their sliding doors (and then weeping softly to myself). Estate cars can be cool though. Right? RIGHT????

The wife's 2008 1.8 diesel Focus is fine for a family of four imo. Huge boot. Engine has enough oomf.

Estates are for people with dogs.

 

[DaGaffer]

dude, just get an Audi A4 2.0 TFSI (or a quattro if you value the smart 4wd). surely that's enough? it's also my fave car atm.
hot hatches are lame, beemers are for nerds with small cocks, Bodhi, mercs are for fat people. Audi's rock!

That's actually what I want, but Audis are massively overpriced in Ireland, so I'll probably have to buy one in the UK and run the gauntlet of Irish import duty rules.

The wife's 2008 1.8 diesel Focus is fine for a family of four imo. Huge boot. Engine has enough oomf.

Estates are for people with dogs.

You must be a family of munchkins. The baby's pram alone takes up the whole friggin boot. The car's fine for local travel but if you actually want to go anywhere, its not big enough.

 

[old.user4556]

Currently £66 to fill a tank for me, averaging 28 mpg just now according to the trip computer. I usually get about 300 miles to a full tank which is roughly 24 mpg.

I'm about to order a brank spanking A3 2.0 TDi Quattro shortly (speaking of A3s....).

 

[Bodhi]

Currently £66 to fill a tank for me, averaging 28 mpg just now according to the trip computer. I usually get about 300 miles to a full tank which is roughly 24 mpg.

I'm about to order a brank spanking A3 2.0 TDi Quattro shortly (speaking of A3s....).

*yawn* sorry what were you saying? You're just about to order a posh diesel Golf are you?

Seriously mate don't do it. I spend quite a lot of time at the Audi garage on the way into work, mostly picking up an A3 owning friend, who's car seems to be in there more often than mine's in a petrol station. Add in the horrible image Audi drivers are getting now (call it a Clarkson-ism, but most of the twattish drivers round here seem to have four rings on the front), how utterly uninspiring they are to drive (safe, yes. interesting, ummm) and I completely fail to see why on earth you would ever buy an Audi?

Plus why on earth would you buy the Quattro model? Surely it's just less mpg for very little gain?

 

[Scouse]

I'm with Bodhi on this. Audi's are unreliable wank.

 

[old.user4556]

They're not any more reliable than BMWs are.

It's a company car, it needs to be under 160 g/km CO2 which means diesel or nothing. If there's an issue with it, it'll go back to Audi and get fixed so reliability isn't as important to me now as buying privately. The 2.0 TDI has 170 bhp and the book figures are 54.3 mpg on the combined run. Given I'm doing a lot of motorway miles now, I need a comfortable cruiser that's going to be economical and can get new sets of rubber and servicing when it suits without me paying a dime.

Quattro is going to be an added help in the snow; there is no other car on the car list with four wheel drive (yes, I know quattro isn't 'proper' 4wd ) that isn't fortunes to buy and shite on emissions (the next cheapest is the BMW X1 which is horrific to look at inside and out).

As for twatty drivers, I've not been let out at junctions for 5 years so I'm used to it .

 

[Bodhi]

You'll be very lucky to see anywhere near 55mpg out of that, I've never seen more than 49 out of a Golf GTD, which is the same engine without the added drag of 4wd. It's also what I'd go for instead, if you are determined not to go for the best option, which is a 120d with a set of winter boots for the 3 days a year it snows.

 

[cHodAX]

I drank half a litre of vodka at the weekend and then walked home 8 miles from Manchester, shit mileage, I think my carburetor might be fucked. Couple of swigs of RedEx might clear me out mebbe?

 

[old.user4556]

The suspension is just too bouncy on the 1 series and the ride is harsh with the run flats.

The GTD does look like a nice car, but those standard tartan seats look awful. I really wish you could opt for the alcantara seats that come standard in the normal GT. I was dead set on a Golf, but i'm gunning for the A3 purely on the quattro front.

YouTube - Audi A3 3.2 quattro im Driftfieber by www.A3-quattro.de

 

[cHodAX]

That's actually what I want, but Audis are massively overpriced in Ireland, so I'll probably have to buy one in the UK and run the gauntlet of Irish import duty rules.

Ask the IMF for a loan, they gave that cnut Brian Lenihan billions and he spent it all on sweets!

What is it with Audi's in Ireland anyway? My uncle, his missus and my cousin all drive them. A few other cousins in Dublin drive them too. Nice cars granted but half of Ireland seem to own one these days.

 

[gohan]

i did about £20 in petrol driving to tesco and back thats about 500 metres down the road



the hose from tank to engine came away and sprayed petrol all down the road, was just following my home like a river


if some1 threw a match car would have exploded for sure


but genrally i can drive from southampton to stevenage which ios about 250 mile round trip on about £40 and thats including driving about from friends and family while im there

 

[TdC]

That's actually what I want, but Audis are massively overpriced in Ireland, so I'll probably have to buy one in the UK and run the gauntlet of Irish import duty rules.

great minds and all that. tis my absolute fave car atm. mountain bikes go in the back, comfyness driving about, 200bhp, reasonable fuel consumption. I'd dearly love a non-thrashed quattro, but I can't justify the cost given I only drive about 6000km per year.

I'm about to order a brank spanking A3 2.0 TDi Quattro shortly (speaking of A3s....).

sweet car, the upmarket ones are the non-chav ones over here. most of the chavs are in regular A3's, golfs, or any kind of BMW.

most of the twattish drivers round here seem to have four rings on the front

about 75% of the twats are in BMW's over here mate. the remainder tend to drive volvo's strangely enough 0o

I'm with Bodhi on this. Audi's are unreliable wank.

My so called reliable VW has had two two repairs in three years, and as something is clunking up front it's prolly going to be 3 for 4. if that is the norm for reliable cars then all cars are shit (imo).

The 2.0 TDI has 170 bhp and the book figures are 54.3 mpg on the combined run. Given I'm doing a lot of motorway miles now, I need a comfortable cruiser that's going to be economical and can get new sets of rubber and servicing when it suits without me paying a dime.

tbh you are going to be shocked at the mileage. A mate of mine drives one of their TDI's with a chipped block, and he's about 40% more km to the liter than my Polo, at four times the HP.

go for the best option, which is a 120d with a set of winter boots for the 3 days a year it snows.

BMW 1 series are cars for girly junior execs. or men with hormone problems :-P

 

[old.user4556]

Even if I got 40 mpg out of any diesel, that's a nigh on 50% improvement on fuel consumption to me.